Glenn Chaple's observing basics: Diverse interests

Go, Red Sox! It's April at last, and that means it's the start of baseball season. My cheer isn't just for the Boston Red Sox, although I've counted myself among the Fenway Faithful since the early 1960s. It's also for the Leominster Red Sox, a team in the Central Massachusetts Over-40 Baseball League. For the past few summers, I've played outfield for these Sox.

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